Handle-bar for bicycles



(No Model.)

' G. J. GOLLINGJ I HANDLE BAR FOR BIIGYGLES.

Patented Apr. 30

0 M. Q. M v w UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

CHAR-LES JOSEPH O OLLING, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

. HANDLE-BAR FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming. part of Letters Patent No. 402,143, dated April 30, 1889. Application filed February 13, 1889. $erial No. 299,773. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J OSEPH CoL- LING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in IIandleBars for Bicycles, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in handle-bars for bicycles, tricycles, and other velocipedes, having for its object to prevent the jar and vibration of the forks and frame of the machine from being communicated to the handle-bar; and it consists in a certain novel construction and combination of devices, fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, and

specifically pointed out in the appended fitted between the parallel ears B 'B and mounted on the transverse bolts E E, which are fitted. in the registering perforations b.

The arms or sections of the handle-bar are provided adjacent to the head with the crossheads F F, the upper and lowcrends of which are slightly removed from the head A to permit a slight vertical swing of the free ends of the arms or sections. The head is provided in opposite sides with the recesses G G, in which are fitted the rubber cushions H H, which normally hold the upper ends of the cross-heads of the handle out of contact with the head, and in a transverse perforation, I, which is formed in the head below the ears 0 O, is fitted a strong coiled springcushion, K, which bears at its ends against the lower ends of the cross-headsi The spring-cushion K is strong enough to hold the lower ends of the crossheads out of contact with the head of the machine 3 but it is obvious that all jar and shock of the head of the machine (which is communicated thereto by the framelwill be lost or broken before it reaches the arms of the handle-bar.

The rubber cushions are designed to pre- Various devices have heretofore been employed to break the jar on the handle-bar on account of the annoyance to the rider which is caused thereby; but by forming the handlebar in two arms or sections, which are jointed together, and are held out of contact with the head by cushions, this object is successfully attained by very simple means and with but slight additional expense.

It will be seen that this construction does not interfere with the steering, as the arms are pivoted on horizontal bolts, and are therefore only capable of vertical movement. The greater portion of the jar on the handle-bar is Vertical.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a velocipede, the combination, with the head, of the handle-bar formed in independent arms or sections, which are pivoted to the head and are provided with cross-heads at their adjacent ends, and the cushions arranged between the ends of the cross-heads and the head of the machine, substantially as specified.

2. In a velocipede, the combination, with a head provided with lateral parallel ears B B, of the handle-bar formed in independent arms or sections which are pivoted between the said ears and are provided with crossheads F F, the rubber cushions bearing against the upper ends of the said cross-heads, and the coiled spring-cushion bearing against the lower ends of the said cross-head, substantially as specified. r g

3. In a velocipede, the combination, with the head provided in its opposite sides with .7

the recesses G G, and having a transverse perforation, I, of the rubber cushions fitting in the said recesses, the coiled spring-cushion arranged in the transverse perforation, and the handle-bar comprising the independent arms to the head and held out of contact therewith by means of separate and independent cushions Which bear against the said sections, respectively, above and below the pivot-point thereof, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 20 presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES JOSEPH COLLING.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. TYRRELL, JOHN N. HAYES. 

